Page:Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, Volume 1.djvu/160

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102 svsv?Y The next moroing we were unde?eigh, s?ng ?ong the ?a? to ?e west? to?s a low but ex?sive isl?d; ?, ? we ap- proach, we found that it ?on? a ve? siderobie o?ng in ?e l?d, ex?n? in? ?e ?tefior under ?e ?stem b?e of Mo?t H?r. ?e ch?el between the isl?d ?d �e main appe?ng cle?, we ?d not he? pass ?ough, ?d ?in h?a mile of the ?1?, where ?e ch?el ?s evidently ?e deepest, we ?n? in eight ?d nine fa?s. As ?n we en?r? ?e o?n?g, it assum? a s? ap?? ? ? of ?e fi?r we ex?in? y?ay, but it was ve? much more ?nsi?r- ?ble, ?d excit? ve? sa?e ho?s in ?nds. ?ides ?e low isl?d a?ve-menfion?, �m is ?other of sm?er si? ?ween it ?d ?e west ?t of entrance; ?ree emr?ces. ?e ?l?ds were c? Ba?n ?d Field Is?nds, ?ter my ?d, ? presi? as Jud? of the Supreme ?u? of New Sou? W?es. As we p??, ?e dep? ?ntinu? even, and to sho? so ?u?ly, ?t we ? up it for six miles, when, ?or? and land? on ?e e?tern ?, ? ob- sere the sun's meri?al ?titude; but, ?om �e muddy state of ?e b?s, we had gmat